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common name for small shore fishes, belonging to the family Antherinidae, abundant in the warmer waters of the Atlantic and Pacific, and named for the...
(s k´st s) (KEY) , 1414–84, pope (1471–84), an Italian named Francesco della Rovere (b. near Savona); successor of Paul II. He was made general o...
(s stän´) (KEY) or Seistan (s –) (KEY) , border lowland region of SW Afghanistan and E Iran, c.6,000 sq mi (15,540 sq km), fed mainly by the spri...
(sh n f n) (KEY) [Irish,=we, ourselves], Irish nationalist movement. It had its roots in the Irish cultural revival at the end of the 19th cent. and ...
(kr s´tyän s n´d ng) (KEY) , 1856–1941, Norwegian nationalist composer, best remembered for his lyrical, romantic piano works, including the popu...
(j vän´n bät-t ´stä m rô´n ) (KEY) , c.1525–1578, Italian portrait painter of the Brescian school; pupil of Il Moretto. Surpassing his teach...